Oh Jax.......

This little head that you see is Jax. For those of you that follow my blog, you will have seen the various positions this little man gets himself into. Funny little man. This is Bodie's bed and Jax can pull himself onto it. He was having a circus the other day. He would climb up on the side of the bed and then crawl to the end and slide off the end of the bed. He kept doing this circle several times until this happened. He pulled himself up and then sat back on the pillow and it slid him off the end and go him stuck. You know me, gotta take a picture of the funny predicament.

Spring cleaning

Yesterday Travis cleaned out the garage. A much needed project. Jax was so curous. It was fun to watch him toddle around. He got a hold of this blower and could actually push it around. He would walk forward a few steps ......

And then pull real hard, and walk backwards a few steps. It was so cute!

Makin Cookies

Me and Bodie made cookies the other day. It was fun to have him help. I have a neighbor who had volunteered to watch my kids for an hour in the mornings so that I can go and exercise. With Travis gone, I don't have many opportunities to get a break, and I LOVE to exercise (you'd think I would be skinnier, but I also LOVE to eat, so I can maintain with the best of them :)). So Bodie and I decided to make cookies to give to the neighbor. It doesn't do justice to what she does for me and I hope that I will be able to do something more, but for this week, cookies seemed the answer. Bodie helped with each task and he had a blast.

Of coarse the licking of the spoon and bowl is always his favorite part.

Prom

The night of April 18th was Rachelle's Prom. And she asked me to do her hair. It was fun for me. I thought she looked great. I wish that I had a pic of her in her dress cause it was gorgeous! But, I don't, but I thought her hair turned out good.

Park Season

I know that I have been behind. But I have taken pictures, I just haven't posted them. So here we go. A few weeks ago, actually, I believe it was April 18th, I took the kids to the park for the day. We had a picnic and walked around the Jensen's Grove and then played on the toys. Chad came with us too and it was fun to talk to him. The kids had a lot of fun. Especially Jax. This was his debut to the outside world and he was hooked!! All the kids have there own agenda when we go to the park. Harlee, as you can see, loves to climb the big tree that is a small pit stop along the trail. Bodie has to be able to stop and take a few minutes to throw rocks in the water. This is a must and it is just not as fun to go to the park unless he can throw a few rocks.
Jax was new at this, but he found is "thing (s)." He has just started walking and loves the mobility and freedom to explore. He found a stick, tasted a leaf and played in the sand. He really liked the slide and went down it several times with Harlee. It was so fun!

PFC Troy....Welcome Home!!

Troy got to come home for a 15 day leave. We met him at the airport on Thursday. It was SO good to see him. The kids had so much fun holding their signs for him.

The whole reunion was SO precious. I wish that I had brought my camera. All I had was my phone and I was limited to how quick I could take a pic. But it was a really sweet reunion.

......Sigh....

Easter

The kids had a pretty good time on Easter this year. We were blessed to have my bro Clark and his family stay with us for the weekend. And Chad's girlfriend (now fiance, yeah!! Congrats Chaddy and Laina!!), Laina got to stay with us too. It was a lot of fun. The kids went to an Easter egg hunt at the church first thing and then later that afternoon Grandpa Phelps came over and we had another Easter egg hunt. There were so many eggs that we invited the neighbors to share the wealth. It was a lot of fun. Travis was able to be home for the whole shabang too. Easter day, we went out to my parents house with the whole gang and had a real nice dinner. I love family weekends!!

The Kids and their loot

Jax and the Kids' looot.

The neighbors and Grandpa comparing their loot.